13. Which of the following structures is a Fischer projection of (2R,3R,4S)-2,3,4-tribromoheptane?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E) None of the above

9. What is the major product of the following reaction?

10. What is the major product from the following rearrangement?

11. At what position of the pyridine ring in the coenzyme below will oxidation-reduction reaction take place?  (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

12. Which of the following reaction is called Knoevenagel reaction? 

14. Arrange the following substrates in order of their increasing SN2 reactivity with NaCN: (I) 1-bromopentane, (II) 1-chloro-2,2-dimethylpentane, (III) 2-bromo-2-methylpentane, and (IV) 1-chloro-3,3-dimethylpentane. (A) IV < II < I < III (B) III < I < IV < II (C) IV < II < III < I (D) III < II < IV < I (E) None of the above

15. Both [E]- and (Z)-hex-3-ene can be treated with D2 in the presence of a platinum catalyst. How are the products from these two reactions related to each other? (A) The [E]- and (Z)-isomers generate the same products but in differing amounts. (B) The [E]- and (Z)-isomers generate the same products in exactly the same amounts. (C) The products of the two isomers are related as constitutional isomers. (D) The products of the two isomers are related as diastereomers. (E) The products of the two isomers are related as enantiomers.

16. Consider the data illustrated below. The formula of unknown compound is C9H9N IR (cm-1): 3050, 2950, 2240, 1630 1H NMR (δ): 7.5 (2H, d), 7.1 (2H, d), 2.3 (2H, q), 0.9 (3H, t) 13C NMR (δ): 137 (s), 130, (s), 126 (d), 122 (d), 95 (s), 25 (t), 15 (q) The structure of unknown compound is? (A)(B)(C)(D)(E)

17. In electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions, the hydroxyl group is an o,p-director because: (A) it donates electron density to the ring by induction and destabilizes the meta sigma complex. (B) it donates electron density to the ring by induction and stabilizes the ortho and para sigma complexes. (C) it donates electron density to the ring by resonance and destabilizes the meta sigma complex. (D) it donates electron density to the ring by resonance and stabilizes the ortho and para sigma complexes. (E) None of the above.

18. (S)-2-Methylbutanal __________ upon sitting in an acidic or a basic aqueous solution. (A) racemizes (B) esterifies (C) inverts completely to the R configuration (D) hydrolyzes (E) irreversibly forms the hydrate

19. When a carbonyl is part of a conjugated π-network, the C=O stretch: (A) has a higher frequency than in a nonconjugated system. (B) has a lower frequency than in a nonconjugated system. (C) always occurs at 1710 cm-1 . (D) occurs around 2700 cm-1 . (E) cannot be distinguished from the C=O stretch in a nonconjugated system.